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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Figure 113. Cudoxia circixans 



SPATHULARIA 



Distinguished from L e o t i a and C u- 

 (Ionia by the spatula-like cap, which ex- 

 tends down the two sides of the stem. The 

 name refers to the shape of the plant. 



Spathularia clavata 



Cap 2-4 cm. tall by 1-3 cm. wide, yel- 

 low or yellowish, more or less fleshy, wavy at 

 the margin, the surface somewhat wrinkled, 

 the cap much flattened and extending down 

 the opposite sides of the stem ; spores clear, 

 linear, grouped, 60-70 X 2-3/x. The name re- 

 fers to the form. 



On the ground in woods, usually in 

 groups ; edible. 



CUP FUNGI PEZIZACEAE 



Distinguished by the cup-shaped or saucer-shaped cap from the preceding 

 family, with which it agrees in having the spores borne in sacs. The family is a 

 large one, but relatively few genera have species of sufiicient size to make them 

 readily observed. Most of the large forms, if not all of tliem, arc- edible, but tliey are 

 scarcely large enough to be of importance. 



KEY TO THE GENERA 



Sarcoscypha 

 Urnula 



Acetabula 



1. Cup with a distinct stem 



a. On wood 



( 1 ) Cup bright-colored, red 



(2) Cup dark, dark brown to black 



b. r)n the ground 



( 1 ) Stem stout, grooved 



(2) Stem slender, not grooved 



(a) Cups usually several or many from a black 



sclerotium Sclerotinia 



fb) Cups single, without a sclert)tium Macropodia 



2. Cup without a distinct stem 



a. Cup large, smooth or roughened, brown to orange Peziza 



b. Cup small, hairy, gray or red Lachnea 



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